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  Here is what kind of person (Prince) a celebrity JW is

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhcparuzpc

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  I love Prince's music and the guy was surely talented. I have no business judging his lifestyle choices, after all who really knows these megastars...I mean really knows.

  I do have a huge problem, on the other hand with WT's double standards.

  When dealing with a "big fish" they are tolerant and forgiving of personal matters and choices.

  When dealing with regular r&f they are brutal, merciless, and intolerant of the slightest infraction. Happy to delete, disfellowship and "mark" people they have no use for as bad association and don't give a flying fig about the lives they destroy in the process.

  The WT likely showed a very different side of themselves to "Brother " Prince than the one you and I are familiar with.
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  super heros

  by Gratefullyunstuck in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading the content of the 1 day assembly on another post, please tell me wt are trying to suggest members cant follow super hero movies/characters etc.

  the whole of my ex family wouldnt have a life if this happened!

  surely a wake up call for them....... but doubt it

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  WT are known for rejecting superheroes.

  
  
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  Watchtower set for its biggest pay day, ever.

  by pleaseresearch in

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  2. bible

  if this is true, and we will have to wait and see.

  prince could give everything to the watchtower.

  so that's his $300 million fortune.

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  I agree with Finkelstein, there is every reason to believe Prince had lapsed considerably over the last few years.

  Occult symbolism and imagery still played into his stage acts, and fashion statements particularly third eye imagery etc. I get the impression he had faded.

  I really do hope he didn't leave any of his hard earned money to those parasites.
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  Start your own Prince rumour!

  by purrpurr in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i see the jw rumour mill is going into mad overdrive about prince.

  the stories seem to be more and more unlikely.

  so i thought as a bit of fun how about us here try to make up our own rumours?

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  That the outline for the funeral talk was updated in time for Prince's funeral.
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  The Law of Unintended Consequences

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body/watchtower unduly influences millions into extreme beliefs and behaviors.

  and i suspect folks like anthony morris thinks his flock is not obedient or strict enough and there are many rules and teachings the governing body would love to enact but do not have the votes, or even they have the sense enough to know it would go too far.

  however, i can’t help how by the time their edicts filter down to the rank and file jw, it causes unintended consequences.

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  "By their fruits you will recognize them" WT's "fruits" are rotten to the core.
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  The Law of Unintended Consequences

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body/watchtower unduly influences millions into extreme beliefs and behaviors.

  and i suspect folks like anthony morris thinks his flock is not obedient or strict enough and there are many rules and teachings the governing body would love to enact but do not have the votes, or even they have the sense enough to know it would go too far.

  however, i can’t help how by the time their edicts filter down to the rank and file jw, it causes unintended consequences.

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  I would actually propose that there are four WT stories:

  The Secret Official - only to be found or spoken of in hushed tones amongst a select few in a boardroom somewhere.

  The Almost Official - found in the Elders manuals, the Letters to BOEs, Branch office directives etc etc.

  The Public WT - found in the literature and the website.

  The real WT - found in the small- minded, narcissististic, judgemental, intolerant, brainwashed, WT-spiel-quoting-zombies AKA the congregation, the brothers, the friends, etc etc.

  An unintended consequence for WT would be oh I don't know, an abuse victim going to the police and taking them to court because they were discouraged from doing so by a cold BOE.
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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  This whole Prince can of worms/pandoras box opens a little wider each day.
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  So apparently prince wrote most of the songs in the new song book...

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or so says the jw's around me who heard it from someone who apparently "knows".

  i'm no expert in the music of prince so perhaps someone else can tell me, does the songs of the wt sound similar to princes work?.

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  The new songs wouldn't even have been Prince on a bad day, they're awful musically, just plain awful.
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  Prince was on the board of directors for the WTS

  by Barrold Bonds in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.

  apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.

  he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.

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  Plausible I suppose, there'd have to be some rich powerful "string-pullers" behind the WT's false front, why not Prince being one of them.
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  If Prince had an addiction to prescriptions drugs, it's a personal matter but if I want to grow a beard or attend college, it's not.

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting article i found about prince and the jw religion.

  i guess they are trying to get their 15 minutes of fame.

  i find it disturbing that the elder stated if prince had an addiction to prescription drugs, that is a personal matter but the hundreds of intrusive jw rules like going to college (not scriptural) and growing a beard (also not scriptural) are not also considered a personal choice.

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  I hear Brother Prince was having a bad influence on the young ones.